Word #489 00111101000
dial — BIP39 word #489
"dial" is word #489 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between diagram and diamond.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
00111101000,
decimal index 488.
/ˈdaɪəl/ · noun: the face of a clock or instrument, with marks showing measurements
Russian: циферблат
Binary Representation
Five 1-bits and six 0-bits; 462 of the 2048 indexes have exactly five 1-bits.
One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):
Position
#489 of 2048
Hex Index
0x1E8
4-Letter Prefix
dial
About "dial" in BIP39
- It takes all four letters to identify "dial": "dia" also begins diagram, diamond and diary.
- "dial" is unique only within the English list: it also begins dialogue in the French list and dialeto in the Portuguese list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.
Word #489 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
One BIP39 word differs from "dial" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand:
Read aloud, "dial" /ˈdaɪəl/ is one sound away from this word: